The 2013 New York City Elections: How Not to Develop a Talent Pipeline

In a few weeks, New Yorkers will go to the polls to choose their mayor, comptroller and representatives for a variety of other municipal offices. The final "choices" on the general election ballot comes after a primary season that included beyond-humiliation candidates such as Anthony Weiner and Elliot Spitzer; uninspiring, big-city liberal caricatures straight out of Fox News central casting; as well as stale career politicians whose sole value proposition was, "I've been waiting... patiently!"...